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J. MoQUID-E. PAINT BRUSH.

No. 376,540. Patent'ed JaJn. 17. 1888.

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JAMES MOQUIDE, OF LANSINGBURG, NEW YORK.

PAINT-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,540, dated January17, 1888.

v Application filed June 27, 1887. Serial No. 242,623. (No model.)

I To ciZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES MoQUIDE, of the village of'Lansingburg, countyof Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Paint-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a method of constructing and arranging abrush-handle to receive and retain the bristles producing the brush.

My invention has for its object the cheaping turned on its exterior aseries of well-de fined encircling ribs adapted to receive and retainwithin the spaces between the ribs a binding-coat of paint or cementthereat.

Accompanying this specification to form a part of it there is a sheet ofdrawings containing two figures illustrating my invention, with the samedesignation of parts by letter reference used in both ofthem.

Of these illustrations, Figure 1 is a perspective of a sash-brushcontaining my invention, and Fig. 2 is a central and longitudinalvertical section of that part of the brushhandle containing myinvention.

The several parts of the brush thus illustrated are designated byletter-reference, and the function of the parts is described as follows:

The letter H designates the handle, which is of the usual form, and S aswell formed exteriorly on that end of the brush whereat the handle iscored out at O to receive the bristles. This swell in the handle tapersin reducing diameter from its center to where it joins the handleproper, and also to the end where the bristles B pass from the core, andupon the outer surface of this swell there are turned thereon thewell-defined ribs R. The function of this ribbed swell S, orthickened-up part of the handle at the brush end, is to stiffen the woodthereat, and also to utilize thereat the ribs R, which, when painted orcovered with cement of any resinoid kind, serve to securely hold thebristles in position and keep the wood in place. Each of the spaces abetween the ribs, on receiving a coat of paint or cement flowed therein,forms a binding-ring upon the wood thereat, which serves to keep it inplace where encircling the bristles, as indicated at P, and prevents thewood from splitting. By thus using a series of rings so painted, thebrush is made lighter and more easy to handle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination, with a brush-handle made with the usual cored-out endto receive the bristles, of the swell S, made thereon to encircle saidcored-out part, said swell being made with the well-definedencircling-ribs R,

and a coating of paint or cement applied to said ribs, substantially asand for the purposes herein set forth.

Signed at Troy, New York, this 23d day of April, 1887, and in thepresence of the two wit iesses whose names are hereto written.

JAMES MOQUIDE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. BRININALL, W. E. HAGAN.

